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Copi o E. Llwyd Williams a Waldo Williams, Cerddi'r Plant, 2il arg. (Aberystwyth, 1955), yn cynnwys cerdd ddi-deitl, 6 Mai 1956, gan Waldo Williams, yn llaw yr awdur, wedi ei gyflwyno i Enid Jones (t. 2). Cyhoeddwyd a thrafodwyd y gerdd yn erthygl ei mam Anna Wyn Jones, 'Waldo', yn Waldo: Cyfrol Deyrnged i Waldo Williams, gol. gan James Nicholas (Llandysul, 1977), tt. 37-49 (t. 45). = A copy of E. Llwyd Williams and Waldo Williams, Cerddi'r Plant, 2nd edn (Aberystwyth, 1955), containing an untitled autograph poem, 6 May 1956, by Waldo Williams, dedicated to Enid Jones (p. 2). The poem is published and discussed in her mother Anna Wyn Jones's article 'Waldo', in Waldo: Cyfrol Deyrnged i Waldo Williams, ed. by James Nicholas (Llandysul, 1977), pp. 37-49 (p. 45).

Notebook, 1914-1916, kept by Nursing Sergeant Davies of 'C' section of the 130th (St John) Field Ambulance unit, attached to the 38th (Welsh) Division of the British Army. It includes a diary, November 1914-June 1916 (ff. 1-12), describing duties in Britain before embarkation for France on 3 December 1915, and subsequent activities on the Western Front prior to the Battle of Mametz Wood.
A draft application for an army commission (ff. 45, 46 verso) suggests that Sergeant Davies was a native of Carmarthenshire and a former miner. The notebook also contains medicinal recipes (ff. 13-14, 44 verso, 45-6), ration tables (ff. 8 verso-9, 14), and poetry in both English and Welsh (ff. 22 verso-23, 31-44, 49-53). An additional folio, tipped into the volume (f. 16a), contains further diary entries, October 1916, and suggests the existence of a second volume, subsequently lost.

Cerdd gan Crwys yn dwyn y teitl 'Dim Gwaith', wedi ei dyddio 6 Chwefror 1932, ac yn ôl bob tebyg heb ei chyhoeddi. = A poem by Crwys entitled 'Dim Gwaith' ('No Work'), dated 6 February 1932 and apparently unpublished.

Copïau, [1920au], mewn llaw anhysbys, o chwe englyn gan Robert Owen Hughes (Elfyn), sydd yn ddetholiad o'r gerdd 'Addef ac Ymbil' a gyhoeddwyd yn Y Traethodydd, 60 (1905), 89-90 (f. 1 recto-verso). = Copies, [1920s], in an unknown hand, of six englynion by Robert Owen Hughes (Elfyn), being a selection from the poem entitled 'Addef ac Ymbil', published in Y Traethodydd, 60 (1905), 89-90 (f. 1 recto-verso).
Cynhwysir hefyd y ddau englyn ar garreg ei fedd yn Llan Ffestiniog, sef un o'i waith ei hun, a'r llall o waith Eifion Wyn (f. 1 verso). = Also included are the two englynion inscribed on Elfyn's tombstone at Llan Ffestiniog, one of his own composition, and the other by Eifion Wyn (f. 1 verso).

Drafft, [1909], yn llaw T. Gwynn Jones o'i awdl 'Gwlad y Bryniau', awdl fuddugol Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1909, Llundain. = A holograph draft, [1909], of 'Gwlad y Bryniau' by T. Gwynn Jones, the winning awdl at the 1909 National Eisteddfod in London.
Mae'r llawysgrif yn gyfrol gyfansawdd, gyda nifer fawr o ddalennau (ff. 2-6, 8, 10-22, 25, 27-29, 32, 34-35) wedi eu tynnu allan o lyfr poced (LlGC, Papurau Thomas Gwynn Jones D320 erbyn hyn) sydd yn cynnwys drafft cynharach o rannau o'r awdl. Mae'r gweddill yn ddalennau newydd yn cynnwys rhannau diwygiedig o'r gerdd (ff. 1, 7, 9, 23-24, 26, 30-31, 33, 36-44). Mae'r testun yn cynnwys nifer fawr o newidiadau a diddymiadau, ac yn y ffurf ddiwygiedig yma mae'n cyfateb yn agos iawn i'r fersiwn orffenedig (gw. LlGC, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru - Cyfansoddiadau a beirniadaethau 1909/1). Cyhoeddwyd yr awdl gyntaf yng Nghofnodion a Chyfansoddiadau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1909 (Llundain), gol. gan E. Vincent Evans (Llundain, 1910), tt. 25-36, a'i ail-argraffu yn T. Gwynn Jones, Detholiad o Ganiadau ([Y Drenewydd], 1926), tt. 20-44. = The manuscript is a composite volume, with many folios (ff. 2-6, 8, 10-22, 25, 27-29, 32, 34-35) being leaves removed from a pocket book (now NLW, Papurau Thomas Gwynn Jones D320) which contains an earlier draft of parts of the awdl. The remaining folios are new leaves containing revised sections of the poem (ff. 1, 7, 9, 23-24, 26, 30-31, 33, 36-44). The text contains many emendations and deletions and in this revised form corresponds very closely to the submitted version (see NLW, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru - Cyfansoddiadau a beirniadaethau 1909/1). It was first published in Cofnodion a Chyfansoddiadau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1909 (Llundain), ed. by E. Vincent Evans (London, 1910), pp. 25-36, and re-printed in T. Gwynn Jones, Detholiad o Ganiadau ([Newtown], 1926), pp. 20-44.

Poems, 1907-1930, submitted for competition at various local eisteddfodau, by T. D. Gwernogle Evans.

A scrapbook, compiled by J. W. Jones, Blaenau Ffestiniog, and unbound leaves containing holographs, transcripts, and press cuttings of poetry in free and strict metres, 1893-1903 and 1918?, by William (Gwilym) Morgan, quarryman, of Blaenau Ffestiniog, together with adjudications by [Sir] J[ohn] Morris Jones (press cuttings), [Howell Elvet Lewis] ('Elfed') (transcript), etc. MS. 11064 also contains testimonials, 1901, to William Morgan and Mrs Morgan from Robert Roberts, J. P., surgeon, Blaenau Ffestiniog, the Reverend W[illiam] P[ari] Hughes, Dolgellau, and Wm. Davies, Junior, Managing Partner, The Diphwys Casson Slate Quarries Company, Blaenau Ffestiniog, the first (and presumably the other two) in support of their candidature for the posts of master and matron of Pwllheli Workhouse; and a holograph letter, 1936, from [Humphrey Jones] ('Bryfdir'), Rhiwbryfdir, to [J. W. Jones], enclosing copies of 'in memoriam' verses to Gwilym Morgan. Included in MS. 11065 is a holograph letter, 1899, from Robert Roberts, Blaenau Ffestiniog, to Gwilym Morgan, with observations on 'englynion' in English by the recipient.

Typescript copies of poems in strict and free metres by R. Elias ('Meillionog'), together with a few emendations in the author's hand. Among the titles are 'Eisteddfod Johannesburg, Mai, 1908. Pryddest - "Cydymdeimlad"'; 'Pryddest - "Paradwys"'; 'Gwymp [sic] Victoria. Y Victoria Falls'; 'Englyn[ion] i Madam C. Novello Davies'; 'I Syr William Thorne' (with an English translation); 'Cyfarchiad I Mr. a Mrs. Gwilym Cleaton Jones, a'u mab bychan Ioan Prisiart, Mowbray' (1908); and 'Cadeiriad Bardd Buddugol Eisteddfod Cape Town, 1922'.

Holograph poems, largely in free metre, by R. Elias ('Meillionog'), with critical observations in the hand of 'H. T. F.'. Among the titles are 'Y Bwrdd Fynydd. Table Mountain'; 'Y Gwelliant (Cymdeithas fodolai yn Glandwr, Abertawe, o gylch 1850, i leihau yfed a phuro iaith ac ymadrodd yr aelodau)'; 'Llinellau ar Cadeiriad [sic] Miss Boyd Yn Cape Town. 1921'; 'Duchan Gerdd. Y Chwedleuwr. Eisteddfod Jo[hannes]burg Mai 1908'; 'Cadeiriad Bardd Buddugol Eisteddfod Cape Town 1922'; etc.

Albums of press cuttings (from the Central Glamorgan Gazette, Chronicle for South and Mid-Glamorgan, Barry Herald, etc.) compiled by 'Ioan Trithyd'. They consist largely of the compiler's own press contributions, in the form of poetry of local interest, 'Llith yr Hen Bacman', 'Llith Wmffra Llwyd', 'Ymweliad a Llanwrtyd', 'Hanes Llantrithyd ...', etc.

Manuscripts, typescripts, and press cuttings of poetry, largely in free metres, by John Bryn Evans ('Peiran'), London. The compositions belong approximately to the period 1925-1936. Among the titles are 'Eisteddfod [Genedlaethol] Abertawe 1926', 'Pont ar Fynach (Devil's Bridge)', 'Y Rheidol', 'Yr Ystwyth', 'Nant Peiran', 'Eifion Wyn', 'Aberystwyth', 'Dr. T. Charles Williams', 'Hafod Uchtryd', 'Beriah Gwynfe Evans', 'Yr Athro David Jenkins, Mus. Bac.', 'R. S. Hughes', 'Teifi', 'Strata Florida (Ystrad Fflur)', 'Cadair Idris', 'Sir Ellis Griffith Bart.', 'Islwyn', 'Ceiriog', 'A Tribute to A. G. Prys-Jones', 'Y Prifathro y Dr. Thomas Rees, M.A.', 'In Memory of the late Rev. J. Cynddylan Jones, D.D.', etc.

Original manuscripts and typescripts of articles, poems, reviews, correspondence, etc., published in Heddiw, vols. I-VI, 1936-1941.

Autograph poetry by Richard Jones ('Glan Ednant').

Compositions submitted to the crown competition (MS 23052D), the chair competition (MS 23053D) and the other poetry competitions (MS 23054D) at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Wrecsam, 1933. MS 23052D includes a letter from J. Gwili Jenkins, one of the adjudicators (f. 1) and the winning pryddest by Simon B. Jones (ff. 2-12); MS 23053D includes letters from the three adjudicators, T. Gwynn Jones, R. Williams Parry and J. J. Williams, together with copies of the latter two's adjudications (ff. 1-25) and the winning awdl by Edgar Phillips ('Trefin') (ff. 26-34).

An album containing pasted-in cuttings from newspapers and journals and other miscellaneous material by, or relating to, R. J. Derfel, 1855-1904, including manuscript and printed poetry; letters and cards to R. J. Derfel, including a letter, n.d., from Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn'); and programmes and leaflets.

Manuscript and printed poems by R. J. Derfel, and other miscellaneous items, 1858-1913, including a photograph of him, 1902.

Thirteen original awdlau and other poems, 1877-1908, by Coslett Coslett (Carnelian), Pontypridd.

Cyfrol o gerddi llawysgrif gan Ioan Anwyl (John Anwyl, ?1841-1921), a gyfansoddwyd rhwng 1866 a 1909.